Glossary
US Navy Treatment Table 6
The standard recompression protocol for serious decompression sickness.
US Navy Treatment Table 6 is the most widely used recompression schedule for decompression sickness and air embolism: about 4.75 hours at pressures up to 2.8 ATA, alternating oxygen and air breaks.
More terms
Oxygen toxicity
The adverse effects of breathing too much oxygen at pressure.
Reperfusion injury
Tissue damage that occurs when blood flow returns after a period of oxygen loss.
Normobaric
At normal atmospheric pressure (1 ATA).
Hypoxia
A shortage of oxygen in tissue — the problem HBOT aims to correct.